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August 03, 2021: National / International Current Affairs

1. UK court orders NAB to pay $1.2m to Broadsheet

• A London High Court has ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and Pakistan government to pay a sum of 1.2 million dollars to asset-recovery firm Broadsheet LLC by next week.
• After hearing the arguments from both sides, the court ordered NAB and the Pakistan government to pay $1,222,037 and GBP110 as well as the claimant`s application cost of GBP26,296 to NAB`s solicitors until 4.30pm on August 10. It said NAB`s solicitors Allen and Overy shall pay all sums received from the government of Pakistan to Broadsheet LLC`s solicitors Crowell and Moring by 4.30pm on August 13

2. Pakistan shelves plan to hold Afghan leaders` moot

• Frustrated with the attitude of the Afghan government, Pakistan has given up its plan to host Afghan Peace Conference involving Afghanistan`s political leadership.
• The plan has been quietly shelved, a senior official confirmed on August 2, 2021. The conference, which was to be attended by the political leadership of Afghanistan, was originally planned to be held from July 17 to 19 to give a fresh impetus to the efforts for peace there.

3. PTI wins three more reserved seats in AJK polls

• As was expected, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) clinched three more reserved seats of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly on August 2, 2021, raising its strength to 32 in the 53-member house.
• In an earlier development, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had decided to vote for their joint candidates against the three seats reserved for technocrats, ulema/mashaikh and overseas Kashmiris, even though the names of all nine from the three contesting parties had got printed on ballot papers.

4. Soldier martyred in attack on North Waziristan check-post

• A soldier was martyred in an exchange of fire with militants on August 2, 2021 after they attacked a check-post in the Ghariom area of North Waziristan tribal district.
• Military personnel responded in a befitting manner, sources said, identifying the soldier as Naik Ghulam Mustafa, 37, hailing from Azad Jammu and Kashmir`s capital.
• According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), funeral prayers for Naik Ghulam Mustafa Shaheed were offered at his native town Duna Chatter, Muzaffarabad.

5. Inflation eases to 8.4pc from 9.7pc in June

• Inflation eased to 8.4 per cent in July, from 9.7pc in June, on the back of a slight drop in prices of food products, showed the data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on August 2, 2021.
• The ease had started in April when it reached 11.1pc. The decline is mainly led by a drop in agriculture products.
• In the outgoing financial year, the annual inflation was recorded at 8.90pc against 10.74pc in the previous year

6. Delta spreads `like wildfire as variant`s severity baffles disease experts

• With a new wave of Covid-19 infections fueled by the Delta variant striking countries worldwide, disease experts are scrambling to learn whether the latest version of coronavirus is making people mainly the unvaccinated sicker than before.
• The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention warned that Delta, first identified in India and now dominant worldwide, is `likely more severe` than earlier versions of the virus, according to an internal report made public.
• The agency cited research in Canada, Singapore and Scotland showing that people infected with the Delta variant were more likely to be hospitalised than patients earlier in the pandemic.

7. Earth`s longer days caused oxygen growth, says study

• Scientists have a new idea for how Earth got its oxygen: the planet slowed down and days got longer.
• A study published on Monday proposes and puts to the test the theory that longer, continuous daylight kick-started weird bacteria into producing lots of oxygen, making most of life as we know it possible.
• They dredged up gooey purple bacteria from a deep sinkhole in Lake Huron and tinkered with how much light it got in lab experiments. The more continuous light the smelly microbes got, the more oxygen they produced. One of the great mysteries in science is just how Earth went from a planet with minimal oxygen to the breathable air we have now. Scientists long figured microbes called cyanobacteria were involved, but couldn`t tell what started the great oxygenation event.

8. US orders 24 Russian diplomats out by Sept 3

• The Russian ambassador to the United States says Washington has ordered 24 Russian diplomats to leave the country by Sept 3, a move that comes shortly after the US said it laid off nearly 200 local staffers working for its diplomatic missions in Russia.
• Both are the latest in a series of measures taken by both sides that have strained US-Russia relations.
• In an interview with the National Interest magazine, ambassador Anatoly Antonov said that the embassy received a list of 24 Russian diplomats that are expected to leave the US by Sept 3

9. Google unveils smart phone powered by its own chip

• Google unveiled on August 2, 2021 a flagship Pixel smart phone powered by its first mobile chip to put artificial intelligence in buyers` hands.
• Pixel 6 models set for release later this year, with superfast 5G wireless capability, will debut Google`s own Tensor chip crafted along the lines of processors it made for data centres to enable computers to think more like people do.
• `It`s basically a mobile system on a chip designed around artificial intelligence, Google devices senior vice president Rick Osterloh said during a briefing at the company`s headquarters in Silicon Valley.

10. Politics, drama as Biles, Belarus and New Zealand`s Hubbard in focus

• Three women dominated the focus at the Olympics on August 2, 2021 US gymnast Simone Biles, Belarus sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya and New Zealand`s Laurel Hubbard as politics and personal issues played out at the Tokyo Games.
• China`s women`s team sprinters took the first gold on offer in the track cycling programme, powering to victory and helping solidify China`s leading medal haul. In gymnastics, American Jade Carey won the gold medal in the women`s floor event.
• On the track, Puerto Rico won a first ever athletics gold medal and Netherlands` Sifan Hassan unleashed her sizzling pace in the final lap to leave a gaping distance to the chasing pack and claim the women`s 5,000 metres gold, kicking off her bid for an unprecedented Olympic treble.

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